The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-26
jury Of st. John IVES v~irtr,srr

cused me OF prosecuting DaVa Wv Tier NJ
ne Ets : cq!ofed man and n Rug a esA 6
Soln tioni i was pars1ing Dave H4snaess
i, s. RennIIticesnn af H. ~ hfglo, not hecaasssS sg
dld not think that the coIora @SS : !tha
Concord1a could AFFORD to nay ehttar@
such a luxury. Neither Ga I2a5,099
Gen. Nichols wouil prozn'sa steI Sers
me mode OF, appointing poii"e Chang q
II Ihty should propose 1t they cor 5lISSeAs; p
"lthatanGlBg The fine s,losiaa nes y
pGitsIl g~o1tfhnents MAKE they an ssasSN
= nrrSonn{ Sc+sonaI governments, E
nle1it OF a person? Then ali c sns gDg
are personal governments soFefHnHS5
Governor appoint his Uarsz,nsllh shaRa
stead Of his personal frlendsP SSheIlis
trled tha experiment of I'D; .assslaEM
were moi IN accord with hi.a. ra l1ea
son ana Taunton in his Cabinetl IVY deEsA
but l''1'' "@' l"' a promotion Of isisSaaSSs.E
DISRUPTION OF TIE c.grsrr
Jefferson left and formed tie Ia.
iHn1sLf - Tco9uon se9 II to-day. I sllpr.sss
from mel who sgmpatlized S r{se q M &
fhey were not they ought 10 l,gF4. ~ aifa
L know to have been appointed nthssel. SIM
would surprise y0n if ven tosllssT8ss
some owed their appointments %
Gen. NICHOLS may have done o.a.
put L pave rot been advised If Is,elsls
AIRY l can real two OF his earlieslF s1sssA
were certainly Otherwise. An oId ~ 81
cfat IN my parish was s%tronplr ;HnadneLa
the DEMOCRATS Tor the Gfssee Of ts arao5sA Z
B1t Gen. Nichols found in t6a eolessa
Old personal friend from his opsn 49,
may have been a Democrat. b,t naF n
heard OF 1t. No one ever saw Il sae u
p.ils. NO one ever sew him at a DeTfs,, s
primary or msss-meeting. He wa 49,
tie was all estimable gentleman = Spee1sAi
ness mar and made O good nAsoasSe eag&E
the same time q very estimahle r..aAl 49,
ana good DEMOCRAT WAS appointed MI.
Tor Boss7er, with only one man Nh VeaeOS
nlended nm, against another VIZ $50
large RetItion. And yet we ara sos IS E
GOV. McEnery appoints men to ~.
utter disregard to Petitions from tbs ~
Bqt, 1&IlI!g to get up sny valid oi5sssS
70 o Mctnery, our Nichols fTienSs il
about settled down ON the third te1 M, ! q
only resource. -
If Gov. McEnery is elected for Il. 81
term, they say, he viii enter upon = tb;-lHG
of service. This is not strleiIv t trus
~serYeGout a part of Gov. Wits tern
has 6een elected once. His next MI
VII be ms second term There is nass
70 me ionstltntion against such an sjssSs
Under the Constitution of 1852. Tbss i
quIfed q Governor to intermit . tsrTs
would not be eligible until he rsssa
ont Of office for one term
why Is this objection to mors
two terms? 1t has neyeT
the custom OF all the States to lei iniks&
terms, and Is the custom with only S.s
them now. There is some sentimepiissM
question as relates to the pat;onaI Co.
nent on account of WashingSuals aeSas
voluntarily, retiring from tile Preside,
the end OF his second term. Waggip5
Was
SURROUNDED BY PECULIAR cTncUasrfNr
The party toward whom he was suprasssj
lean, was accused OF holding royaI arsns
Mr.. Jefferson, in his celebrated s'Ana. sTsss
Tor the benefit OF posttrity, the cenTefa
OF leading Fedcralists in praise Of the
llsh. Constitution, and argues thst n
might want 10 revive a royal goYernnaasts
America. In Difference to the fears 81
people Washington set this example. II
believes that Washington would layeffS
worse President TO. g third than for q gsms
term: but the example served s roo5S5sa1
pose. While in South America I foaaan
Old newspaper q toast drank by Gen. IL
G after the battle of Ayaeucho to "a
Simon Bolivar, which | translated fers
Of my friends, and pleased them reryr 81
He hoped that the Gberator would eaa
Washington n serving only two tsaa
President. He emulated Wsshingfa
man things. but held his Office for Ee,
is q pity that he could not hare held i
vel. It would, perhaps, have Rarfd
South American republics from unanT ~
Of anarchy and misrule.
No such rlle has been the general ss
the States George Bloomfield wasGofn&
OF New Jersey for eleven terms, ana
Strong, of Massachusetts, for twelve.
most OF those States which once had Hs
striction, have abolished it in the naTes
stitutions framed within the lastfsRlE
There is no reason why q good man
not make sgood Governor fer twenty raj
as GeorgeAGlinton made in New York off
twelve ylArs, as De Witt Clinton did
greatness and prosperity of New YolkN#
owe their beginnings to the WORK III
CElntons when Governor. | do nathk4
that there can possibly be any haTmis
trusting McEnery with the reins Of geeE
ment for four years more. lido not feasG
eEl consequences as our ancestors feM$
MJuld result from the exfTaordinag D
Of a President of the United gsateg
see no "unnnmbered weest te8esult T.
people from the ~stupendeus Flower d
pointing police iurors and parish kS
which is about ali the patronage q Ggss
of Louisiana has. R
Ihaye thus endeavored to shoE fnas
lo~w-eitizens, what these two geatamsHM
claim your suffreges
HAVE DONE O THE STATE.
The practical question for us nov II
will they do in futures We have heafaN
from Gen. Nichols and his friends sbast
services IN an emergency the like d
is not likely to occur in the term to EhMhS
seeks an election. But not one iuta q ii
nation on his future policy In Office ksH
heard. What will McEnery give usf
An anecdote is told of DayY GfueA4S
Al - .~f L. 4.~1,A l.s.- 20 sHstk& IN I2+.
ident. He first took bacon and g5ss
Soon one of the fashionable walters snasE
them M, and asked what ne would hsgsss
He replied: Some. OF the same D!
fore.n MeEnery will give. you sonssa
n you had before. We know th9A
what he has done, and from the weakEa%
character of the man. He VIII ketFhN
State in a healthy financial condition
will secure to you safe local government
keep the floods off Eaur feTtils lanaG
will foster your literary and eleeagEl
institutions-your State University
Charity Hospitals. your Insane, DMat
Dumb and Blind Asyluns. 10 FL
courage public education and see lhs.
people shall have schools Tor their eHl1
He will seek to be q Governor ID WEI
sense of the word, and not Q here Y w.
peace.
As an old line Democrat may asE y
my fellow-eitizens, to look beyond Iss If
local results of this extraordinary roHNA
the sake of the1ntegrity and peTReae:s
that grand old party. What good CO..
to have an able local governments \ AsN
be despoiled of our labors by, SUED : xsS
government as that obtained IA 1879
times. The only obstacle to o retnrhe.s
scenes lies in the continuance Of Daa0eSN
success. We know from the utselalsAs
Blaine and Sherman and others Enas w
to expect in case of Radical ascelldanas WE
The Democratic party ls SEEKING y n
back the government to those slinpis. y
DDS when the people were not aeI1pes
their substance to
EuRsE GIGANTIC MoNopoLsA
which grind the faces of the peopla. ~
we have looked for benefits m We lssH
must still look forward o IN wy r.
TO the Democratic party We Wy VIZ
domain on which we stand. jeMesssE
chased Louisiana, A Deinocrane 49,
tration annexed Texas. DeInocFala@ "a
istration fought out the Mexlcan " N MS
splendid acquisit 'ops. There u nvas NJ
land in the wholly Trans-Ml ssissippa Nj
which we do not owe to the Democratic
from the banks of the MjssisApsa
shores of the Pacific, where, tls
god Terminus has fixed his abosle. M
opposition has done for thesa laass
despoil the people of them, ana bess sssT
on gigantic corporations Wnlcl 49,
menace the pubic repose. And no0 XII
Democratic administration, fae e Ssd;
twenty-five years, and, with 9 Sa N
Secretary OF the Interior, returns re w
900 acres of them to the people 5ea ni
To maintain the asoendaney q w
cratic party requires u uIsposs -
1t may depend solely on tas st b Ia
year. 1t is necessary to keen fhe nosss
Louisiana cannot be Epased. IhasSf
lAsAIA No. Nor1r- rrotlniseQ 10 NM.4N-a4-HNs